Drugs: How Danagerous Is It?
Drugs have infiltrated our cities, our towns and our lives. Though a small percentage of people use drugs, they do attempt to spread their plague among others. But, how dangerous are these mind suppressors? Do they kill like the statistics show, or is it a coverup to stop people from having a good time?
Even in Franklin County, there are drugs. How bad is the problem? It is worse then most people think, but what can we do about it? Can we do anything about it? Marijuana is the drug of choice among most addicts. It is provided cheap and is easily available. Overdosing it on this drug is not possible, or at least dying of an overdose, thus making it seem safe. The high is described as a rush of calmness and
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Another method is by dropping a small drop of the liquid acid under the tongue. The short term effects include the high, but also include a rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, and memory loss.
Long term effects include relapses of the high, days, weeks, or years after last using the drug. Brain damage also occurs, for LSD is a mind-altering drug. The high of this is so wonderful to people, that they do not realize what could happen to them in the future. It is possible to overdose on this drug, but deaths are usually nonexistent.
Heroin is a very dangerous drug. It is an opiate drug, acquired from the poppy plant. Opium was first discovered in the 1800's and people became addicted in the 1860's. About 95% of the people then, were addicted to it. Now, heroin takes its place. The high is described as relaxing, like the rest of the previous drugs. People who first use it, sometimes fall asleep while high.
Heroin is usually done by needle injection. It can be smoke, however. It is prepared by heating it on a spoon and placing the liquid in a needle for injecting. Heroin is usually not very pure. This can make in incredibly dangerous because if one is used to the non-pure heroin and then gets purer heroin, he or she can easily overdose, killing them. Also, because this is injected by a needle, heroin can pass diseases, including AIDS. Short term effects include the following: quick addiction, quick tolerance, depression, and blurred
Toxicologist also have to classify the drug itself if it sits in the synthetic category or the prescription drugs category. Synthetic Marijuana is the most casually report of poisoning found in people’s system. Bath salts is also another big worry that is labeled as dangerous and not meant for human consumption. A surprising fact is that more people die or overdose off of prescription drugs than any other drug combined. Abuse in these drugs are mostly found in college and even high school students. The reason for this is because Abusers usually are thinking that a doctor’s prescription drug is safer than a street drug.
"If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly, world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning with a clear head and an undamaged constitution - then, it seems to me, all our problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure) would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise."
happy. The citizens consume the drug as often as they want because it has no side effects and
One day you are living a beautiful and content lifestyle, and then next day you are lying on the floor dead without telling your friends and family you loved them. This could happen to you, if you do not avoid the dodgy lifestyle of a drug user and abuser. Every day drugs, such as: heroine are misused in-order to get a certain feeling called a high. The high is suppose to make you feel good or forget about the world’s everyday problems, but in most cases, the use of these powerful drugs end up hurting, or even killing the users. The PSA “Best High” explains how heroine can easily be influenced into using for amusement. In the Public Service Announcement (PSA), “Best High,” produced by DrugFreeWorldInc, the company is reenacting a story about
In the United States, 40 people die across each day due to overdosing on narcotic prescription medicine. One of the most commonly abused prescriptions is opioids painkillers such as Vicodin and codeine. Another medicine to treat anxiety and sleep aids such as Valiums and Xanax. Other abused prescriptions are stimulants to treat Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder (ADHD) like Adderall and Ritalin. When the overdose first became a problem, 60 percent of NC prescription overdose victims were dying before the arrival of emergency medical
Unlike the other complications, this one can be deadly. Most of the opioid overdose deaths that occurs happen when someone has just gone through the withdrawal process. Since this process reduces a person’s tolerance to opioids, people can overdose on a much smaller dose than they used to take. It is a tragic situation, and the best way to prevent it is to with medical intervention and caring support during the process of recovering from opioid use.
When someone takes opioids for a long period of time, their body becomes desensitized to the drug. As a result, their body needs more of the substance over time to achieve the same effect. This can be a slippery slope that can lead to addiction and accidental overdose.
A ‘legal high’ is perhaps more accurately described as an unbanned substance which possesses the ability to alter the mental and physical state of an individual to mimic illegal drugs, based on its distinct chemical properties. Legal highs are ‘not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act’ , but restrictions prohibit the selling of legal highs for the consumption of human beings hence they are often sold as chemicals such as bath salts. Substance misuse with regards to ‘legal highs’, young people and the limited success of policies implemented currently to eradicate such misuse is a prevalent issue subject to intense debate amongst politicians globally. A report published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre states how ‘in 2013, 16 per cent of pupils had ever taken drugs’, illegal and legal inclusive.
Heroin is an opiate. Opiates are common drugs that are used as painkillers for terminal disease. To make heroin, they collect the resin from the poppy flower pod and dilute that down into morphine. The morphine is then further diluted to make heroin. There are multiple ways heroin can be taken, the notorious “black tar heroin” is boiled down and injected directly into the bloodstream. There is what's know as “Hell Dust” which is a white or grey powder that is snorted, and some heroin can even be smoked. Even though there are many ways to take it, they all have the same effects. The problem with buying heroin off the street is what it is cut with and the needles that are used. If you use a dirty needle you can get AIDS or other diseases that are transmitted through blood. Also street heroin can be cut with rat poison or ethanol. The poison then procedes to create blood clots that can travel around the bloodstream killing off vital organs. Another strong point against buying street heroin is dosage. You never know how strong that specific dosage is.
“People who do drugs are evil”, “drugs are the cause of crimes”, and “all drugs harm you”. These are all said about drugs in our society, but what most people don’t know is that 81% of Americans use drugs on a daily bases for their remedies of minor ailments (consumer health care productions association).Drugs like prescription pain killers, aspirin, Tylenol, and other OTC (over-the-counter) drugs you can find almost anywhere are used every day in our society. If people see someone pull out a bottle or ibuprofen and take 4 or 5 nobody even thinks twice about it. So is our society taking advantage of the drugs available to them? And if nobody does anything about the amount of drugs Americans are using, will the society norm turn into that of the Brave New World?
The problem here in México is that drug dealers are taking our country and the government is working with them below the water. Why is this affecting our country? Why the government is not doing nothing about it? First of all we have to see why and how these two themes are related. Drugs have been affecting our country since the very beginning but in this last five years it has been worse, since the drugs have been consumed in an excessive way and without moderation, this is bringing violence and with this, insecurity to our country. According to the web page Multimedios, In 2010 violence levels increased a lot. Violence increase its levels in this few months (2010,January5)
Drug Class: A drug may belong to more than one drug class. A drug class consists of a collection of drugs that may have a few things in common. They are not identical, but alike in some way.
There are diverse opinions on whether “legal highs” in New Zealand should be legal or not. A “legal high” is a legal substance which consists of a stimulant that mimics the effect of an illicit drug. Users of such substances believe using legal highs to be a good option as it is affordable and legal to do so. Yet, health professionals highlight the risks of using legal highs in our society today as it poses huge effects on health and causes a higher risk of addiction. In New Zealand, synthetic cannabis and party pills (Benzylpiperazine) are most used by a range of populace.
drug high is worth the risk -- which we conceive to be very small -- of being
The line between public safety and the continuation of a high standard of privacy for all is a razor thin line; the United States government itself straddles it every day. Such is one very serious complication that the administrators and security forces of Coppell High School face: it is in the best interest of the administrators to prevent drug usage in the school as to stop the spread of any conflict (namely any characteristically delinquent behaviors such as interpersonal violence and school dropout) that they could potentially cause. However, it is also imperative to maintain some level of privacy so that students do not lash out against the administrators and school-wide morale remains fairly high. Numerous students and other relevant